Welcome to Adventure!! Would you like instructions? > n You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully. > seed 694608006 Seed set to 694608006 You're in front of building. > in You are inside a building, a well house for a large spring. There are some keys on the ground here. There is a shiny brass lamp nearby. There is food here. There is a bottle of water here. > take lamp OK > take keys OK > out You're in front of building. > go s You are in a valley in the forest beside a stream tumbling along a rocky bed. > walk s At your feet all the water of the stream splashes into a 2-inch slit in the rock. Downstream the streambed is bare rock. > travel s You are in a 20-foot depression floored with bare dirt. Set into the dirt is a strong steel grate mounted in concrete. A dry streambed leads into the depression. The grate is locked. > attack grate Don't be ridiculous! > unlock grate The grate is now unlocked. > lock grate The grate is now locked. > unlock grate The grate is now unlocked. > down You are in a small chamber beneath a 3x3 steel grate to the surface. A low crawl over cobbles leads inward to the west. The grate is open. > w You are crawling over cobbles in a low passage. There is a dim light at the east end of the passage. There is a small wicker cage discarded nearby. > take cage OK > w It is now pitch dark. If you proceed you will likely fall into a pit. > read Read what? > read keys I see no keys here. > on lamp Your lamp is now on. You are in a debris room filled with stuff washed in from the surface. A low wide passage with cobbles becomes plugged with mud and debris here, but an awkward canyon leads upward and west. In the mud someone has scrawled, "MAGIC WORD XYZZY". A three foot black rod with a rusty star on an end lies nearby. > read "MAGIC WORD XYZZY" > take rod OK > w You are in an awkward sloping east/west canyon. > w You are in a splendid chamber thirty feet high. The walls are frozen rivers of orange stone. An awkward canyon and a good passage exit from east and west sides of the chamber. A cheerful little bird is sitting here singing. > listen bird I'm afraid I don't understand. > eat bird I think I just lost my appetite. > feed bird It's not hungry (it's merely pinin' for the fjords). Besides, you have no bird seed. > take bird The bird seemed unafraid at first, but as you approach it becomes disturbed and you cannot catch it. Are you trying to catch the bird? > y I am prepared to give you a hint, but it will cost you 2 points. Do you want the hint? > y Something about you seems to be frightening the bird. Perhaps you might figure out what it is. > drop rod OK > take bird OK > attack bird The little bird is now dead. Its body disappears. You scored 30 out of a possible 430, using 29 turns. You are obviously a rank amateur. Better luck next time. To achieve the next higher rating, you need 16 more points.